NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert, Tamara Stefanovich, Holger Busse

Hans Werner Henze had already become a legend during his lifetime. To mark the centenary of his birth, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester conducted by Alan Gilbert marks its debut at Musikfest Berlin alongside pianist Tamara Stefanovich with a performance of Henze’s Preludes for piano, tapes and orchestra with the enigmatic title Tristan. This is poignant funeral music containing quotations from works such as Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 which also features in this concert.

Programme

Hans Werner Henze
Tristan, Préludes für Klavier, Tonbänder und Orchester

Tamara Stefanovich piano, Holger Busse sound direction

Interval

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68

Programme note